As AI transitions from research to the frontlines of patient care, healthcare faces a critical inflection point where the benefits of AI may be increasingly uneven. Using the computational power of massive-scale models with clinical ethics and responsibility in mind, this conference is a deep dive into the work shaping a more desirable future of health bringing together pioneers, policy makers, and clinicians.
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Keynote Speaker: Robert Wachter, MD
Robert Wachter, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Author of 300 articles and 6 books, he coined the term “hospitalist,” the fastest-growing medical specialty in U.S. history. He is past-president of the Society of Hospital Medicine, past-chair of the American Board of Internal Medicine, and an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine. In 2004, he received the John M. Eisenberg Award, the nation’s top honor in patient safety. Modern Healthcare magazine has ranked him as one of the 50 most influential physician-executives in the U.S. more than a dozen times; he was #1 on the list in 2015.
His 2015 book, “The Digital Doctor,” was a New York Times bestseller. His new book, “A Giant Leap: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and What That Means for Our Future,” was published by Portfolio/Penguin in 2026.
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